English
nee
Nee comes from Old French né, from Latin nātus ‘born, arisen, made’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget, give birth’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to beget, give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁tós‘begotten, produced’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātos‘born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātus‘born, arisen, made’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400né
- Frenchc. 1600–presentnéas née
- Englishtodaynee
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to beget, give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁tós‘begotten, produced’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātos‘born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātus‘born, arisen, made’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400né
- Frenchc. 1600–presentnéas née
- Englishtodaynee
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget, give birth’
kind, king, general, german, nation, generation, gender, engine, genius, oxygen, ken, genre, gentle, indigenous, genuine, genetic, hydrogen, generate, generous, genocide, gene, genus, kin, genital, ingenious, germ, gentile, janata, gens, puny, glycogen, genial, gingerly, genitive, jaunty, genteel, azadi, nomen, estrogenic, 102 more
through Proto-Italic *gnātos ‘born’
through Latin nāscor ‘to be born’
nature, pregnant, innate, nascent, renate, 10 more
through Latin nātus ‘born, arisen, made’
natural, native, naive, noel, natal, nativity, nada, naïve, 8 more
through French né
Another origin of nee
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ne
- Englishtodaynee
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.